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WhaL ls a concepL map?
Craphlcal Lools for organlzlng lnformauon, helplng
answer a quesuon, or generaung new knowledge.
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SLudenL
romoLes baslc undersLandlng of conLenL
Spend more ume ln hlgher levels of Lhlnklng
Less lecLure, more dolng
1eacher
MeLhod of checklng for undersLandlng
AlLernauve Lo weekly qulzzes and exams
8eneLs of ConcepL Maps
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?ou wlll answer learnlng quesuons for each chapLer.
ConcepL mapplng wlll help you answer Lhese
quesuons.
Lxample locus Cuesuons
Pow have Lhe dlerenL perspecuves abouL dlsablllLy
lmpacLed educauonal programmlng for persons wlLh
dlsablllues and how wlll a shl ln perspecuve promoLe
quallLy programmlng ln Lhe fuLure?
Pow can Lhe adopuon of people rsL" language lmpacL
our percepuons of persons wlLh dlsablllues and Lhe
educauonal pracuces provlded Lo Lhls populauon?
Pow Wlll We use ConcepL Maps?
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A quesuon LhaL clearly specles Lhe problem or
lssue Lhe concepL map should help Lo resolve.
novlces Lend Lo bulld concepLs maps wlLh loLs of
concepLs LhaL do noL really answer Lhe focus
quesuon.
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1he mosL lmporLanL concepL ln Lhe map ls
represenLed aL Lhe Lop (or cenLral).
1hls rooL concepL ls dened and conLexLuallzed by
general concepLs (llnked Lo rooL concepL)
speclc concepLs (llnked Lo general concepL)
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Lnclosed ln clrcles or boxes.
A concepL may be dened as a percelved regularlLy
or pauern ln evenLs or ob[ecLs, or records of evenLs
or ob[ecLs, deslgnaLed by a label.
MosL oen one word ls used buL shorL phrases may
be used, Loo.
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Llne connecung Lwo concepLs
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Words on Lhe llne LhaL speclfy Lhe relauonshlp
beLween Lhe Lwo concepLs.
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roposluons conLaln Lwo or more concepLs
connecLed uslng llnklng words or phrases Lo form a
meanlngful sLaLemenL.
1hese sLaLemenLs say someLhlng meanlngful abouL
some ob[ecL or evenL.
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1hese are relauonshlps beLween concepLs ln
dlerenL segmenLs or domalns of Lhe concepL map.
Cross-llnks help us see how a concepL ln one
segmenL on Lhe map ls relaLed Lo a concepL ln
anoLher segmenL on Lhe map.
Cross-llnks lead Lo Lhe creauon of new knowledge.
LsLabllshlng cross-llnks requlres creauve leaps on
Lhe parL of Lhe knowledge producer.
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CharacLerlsucs of a ConcepL Map
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ConcepL maps express expllclLly Lhe mosL relevanL
relauonshlps beLween a seL of concepLs.
Crganlzed knowledge
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roposluonal SLrucLure
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CharacLerlsucs of a ConcepL Map
Plerarchlcal SLrucLure
general concepLs close Lo Lhe Lop of Lhe hlerarchy
concepLs provldlng deLalls or conLexL furLher
down Lhe hlerarchy
concepL maps Lend Lo be read from Lhe Lop,
progresslng down Lowards Lhe bouom
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roposluonal SLrucLure
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CharacLerlsucs of a ConcepL Map
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?our concepL map may be ln any shape as long as
Lhere ls a sull concepLual hlerarchy of precedence
or cause and eecL ln Lhe concepL map.
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ConsLrucung a ConcepL Map
SLep 1 - ConsLrucung a good focus quesuon
SLep 2 - Make a llsL of 13-23 concepLs
SLep 3 - 8ank order
SLep 4 - 8egln Cmap wlLh 1-4 mosL general concepLs
SLep 3 - Choose expllclL llnklng words Lo relaLe concepLs
SLep 6 - Conunue bulldlng concepL hlerarchy
SLep 7 - osslble cross-llnks
SLep 8 - 8eposluon and rene map sLrucLure
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LeL's racuce
1. ConcepL Map Warm-up AcuvlLy #1
locus Cuesuon: Who Am l?
2. ConcepL Map Warm-up AcuvlLy #2
locus Cuesuon: WhaL ls a dlsablllLy?